So food prices going up, energy prices going up, property tax increases, education cuts, home repos.

[lonestarnot]

Is it out of control yet, or wait two months.

[earthside]

1. A very short 'recovery'.

Yup.

Here we are only fifteen days into January 2011 and the economy is starting to feel like a ten ton weight slowly crushing my family.

No one is getting any salary/wage increases this year. So, our income remains stagnant -- how true is this for the vast, vast majority of middle and working class Americans?

** Yet ... our health care insurance premiums are going up (where is that price control in Obamacare?)

** Gasoline is near or over $3 a gallon.

** You should see the state and local tax/fee increases we are facing.

** If you're a college student or parents of a college student, well, tuition and fees are going through the roof (thanks but no thanks Arne Duncan for your everybody must go to college propaganda).

** If you have child in public/charter school -- watch out for the fees being assessed in some cases now at the beginning of the second semester.

** The prices at the grocery store are inching ever higher every trip we make.

** Then there are the cuts to government services, for instance, our libraries are now closed on Mondays -- same property tax levied for less access; and these kinds of cuts are now rife throughout local and state government.

For economists and financial statisticians and for the politicians and CNBC pundits there may be a 'recovery', but the real truth here on the ground in real America is that regular folks are literally being nickled-and-dimed to death.

[whattheidonot]

2. sacrificed

being sacrificed in a last ditch effort to save the economy. When this fails the economy will tumble. the bottom will fall out and the market will grind to a halt. Obama up to this point has not done much to stop this. He is beholden . There may be employment in exports but this will be offset by unemployment in other sectors. The rich will prop this up as long as they can. Once it becomes obvious that working is not working then the problems will start on a large scale

[Joanne98]

3. This time it will be the voters fault. We needed more stimulis and investment.

More LEFTWING solutions. But they decided to believe the very same people who wrecked the economy in the first place. Milton Friedman disciples! We're fucked!

[upi402]

4. I so agree

My little mantra; chickens voting for Colonel Sanders

and; I blame the media traitors

Well, the stupid chickens have come home to roost and the chicken feed bag is looking pretty sad. If my house sells and there are still no jobs, we're leaving the country.
Too many haters with more bullets than brains to make me comfortable about conditions to come.

[txlibdem]

6. voting for Colonel Sanders

... and holding rallies and marches to demand that they be let into the "processing plant."

And yelling down, frothing at the mouth, anyone who tries to tell them what is in store for them if they "get" what they say they "want." Well, now we're all about to get it. Cluck, cluck.

PS, love the imagery!

[dixiegrrrrl]

5. Out of control now, more so next week, next month.

I am stupefied people are not marching.
A lot ARE fleeing the worse states.
The smart ones who could left the country.
Those who still can, should.

Like a lot of us, I am unable to leave. Hate the preview of coming attractions, tho.

[cyberpj]

7. But, hey, the stock market hit another new high today !

And the evening news is reporting on things like Regis Philbin stepping down so things MUST be fine, yeah?

:sarcasm:


BTW - My husband hasn't had a raise in the past 3 years and he works in one of the supposedly good areas (IT Networking) so yes, the costs of living and increases in our healthcare costs, copays and deductibles have reduced our income bigtime. Just what corporate America had in mind ever since the 80's started spouting "Global Competition" mantras. Many of us knew then what that meant -- that our wages would decrease and unions would soon disappear. If I wasn't so old and could afford to go I, too, would leave this sinking ship but it looks like many of us will be going down with it.

[dixiegrrrrl]

8. Regis Philbin stepping down?

Can he still...step?

Damn the economy, the world's oldest living MC is stepping.
Whatever will people watch now?

will the tragedies never stop???
:cry: :cry: :cry: